{"product_id":"mount-pleasant-maurice-oshea-hunter-valley-shiraz-2019","title":"Mount Pleasant Maurice O'Shea Hunter Valley Shiraz 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eMount Pleasant Maurice O'Shea Hunter Valley Shiraz \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegion: Hunter Valley New South Wales, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage: 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottle size: 75cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrape: Shiraz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABV: 13.5%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis wine shows intense and complex aromas of red and black fruit coupled with spice. The palate shows complex and concentrated flavours of black fruit and spice notes, supported by a perfect balance of tannins and acidity, providing excellent intensity and length.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Maurice O’Shea Shiraz is the flagship red wine for Mount Pleasant, a homage to the pioneering spirit of Maurice O'Shea. It is a blend of the best fruit available, only made in exceptional vintages. Grapes are sourced from the Old Hill, Old Paddock, and Rosehill vineyards, with vines planted in 1946 and 1965.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe grapes were fermented at 18-25 ˚C for approximately nine days. At the end of the fermentation the wine was gently pressed to large French oak barrels of which less than 20% new oak. The wine was aged for almost 14 months before blending and bottling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMount Pleasant was founded in 1921 by legendary winemaker Maurice O’Shea, widely recognised as an industry pioneer and the father of modern Australian winemaking. According to James Halliday, who named Mount Pleasant 3rd in the inaugural 100 Top Wineries of Australia in 2023, “there’s an argument to say that Mount Pleasant is Australia’s most important wine estate. It’s certainly ground zero of fine Australian table wine, thanks to the legendary exploits of its founding winemaker, Maurice O’Shea, from the 1920s onwards. But successive winemakers, from Phil Ryan to Jim Chatto to Adrian Sparks, have inched the wines of this estate to higher and higher levels, to the point where now a whole series of its current-release wines are classics in the making\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehttps:\/\/www.mountpleasantwines.com.au\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"London End Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64448350912889,"sku":"207125119","price":172.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0506\/5405\/2509\/files\/MountPleasantMauriceO_SheaHunterValleyShiraz.png?v=1788272983","url":"https:\/\/www.londonendwines.com\/products\/mount-pleasant-maurice-oshea-hunter-valley-shiraz-2019","provider":"London End Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}